Friday, November 9, 2007

$9 Trillion Debt?


The US National debt is estimated at $9 Trillion. The image here shows the volume of $9 million dollar bills. The national debt would be a million times bigger!

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$9 Trillion is a number that is tough to imagine. Visit this site to get some perspective on what $87 Billion is in $1 Bills.


On your blog do the following:

1. Describe the difference between the U.S. Deficit and the U.S. National Debt.

2. List both amounts (insert a hyperlink to your sources).

3. Using the example made by the perspective site, create your own way of graphically expressing the size of our national debt.